Miners remembered as the "Iron Men" toiled with purpose, moving tons of iron ore for massive steel towers and helping build and expand the country during the industrial age. Adopted in devotion to a nation they made their own, the men of the Mesabi, Vermilion, Cuyuna, and Gogebic ranges carved iron ore out of a sylvan wilderness and helped provide the iron needed when freedom was threatened. As the industrial age ebbed and the technological age advanced, they were honored as men of steel whose strength, labor, and enduring legacy made America an industrial giant of the world and ensured they would never be forgotten.